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Thursday, 31 December 2026
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 12:32 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:13 PM
Avoid
1:40 PM – 2:57 PM
Auspicious
12:03 PM – 12:44 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
The monthly Ashtami observances. Masik Durgashtami in the bright fortnight is the household's monthly Durga observance and the monthly echo of Maha Ashtami in Navaratri. Kalashtami in the dark fortnight belongs to Bhairava and is kept in the night.
Why today, and how to observe it →
New Year's Eve
The last night of the Gregorian year, marked socially.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- New Year's Day tomorrow Fri, 1 Jan
- Saphala Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 3 Jan
- Masik Shivaratri in 5 days Tue, 5 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:40 PM – 2:57 PM
7:17 AM – 8:34 AM
9:50 AM – 11:07 AM
12:44 PM – 2:06 PM, 4:08 PM – 5:30 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:25 AM
Moonset12:26 PM
Shobhana until 12:26 PM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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